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The Catholic University of Zimbabwe

Growth & Development Strategy 2013-2022

The Catholic University of Zimbabwe

18443 Cranborne Ave, Hatfield, Harare

Tel: 263(4) 570169/570396/573405

Mobile: 0775 259 521

Email: info@cuz.ac.zw/pr@cuz.ac.zw

Website: www.cuz.ac.zw

Facebook: The Catholic University of

Zimbabwe

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Contents Page

1. Introduction

2. Historical Note

3. Opportunities and Strengths

4. Threats and Challenges

5. Vision Statement

6. Mission Statement

7. Values

8. Key Result Areas (KRAs)

9. Growth and Development Project areas

10. Financing the projects

11. CUZ in Pictures

12. Projects Action Plan Timeline

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The Catholic University of Zimbabwe

Growth and Development Strategy 2013 – 2022

1. Introduction

The Catholic University of Zimbabwe Growth and Development Strategy (CUZ-GDS) 2013 – 2022

is an expression and outline of the University’s growth and development aspirations over the

ten-year period, 2013 – 2022.

Inaugurated in 1998, the Catholic University of Zimbabwe (CUZ) was born at the onset of the

worst decade of economic decline and socio-political instability Zimbabwe has ever

experienced, with inflation escalating to an unprecedented and unimaginable 231 million

percent.

With financial support from the 8 dioceses of the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference

(ZCBC), the University survived the economic onslaught and continued to carry out its mandate

of producing young University graduates in a Christian setting. That, unfortunately, is only as

much as the harsh economic circumstances would permit.

Given the political and socio-economic stability achieved in the country over the past few years,

with inflation tamed to 7.7% by June 2013, the Catholic University of Zimbabwe is not only

poised for growth and development, but it has also put in place mechanisms to drive this

initiative. Such mechanisms include putting in place new governance and management teams,

articulating clearly the University’s strategic direction for the ten-year period 2013 – 2022 and

embarking on an energetic fundraising drive that has resulted in the setting up of CUZ

fundraising committees in the 8 dioceses of the Catholic Church in Zimbabwe, in South Africa, in

Canada and in the England and Wales Zimbabwe Chaplaincy, United Kingdom. Similar

committees are being set up in other countries.

The place of Catholic Universities and Higher Institutes in Africa in the evangelization mission of

the Church was aptly described by Blessed Pope John Paul II:

“The Catholic Universities and Higher Institutes in Africa have a prominent role to play in the

proclamation of the salvific Word of God. They are a sign of the growth of the Church insofar as

their research integrates the truths and experiences of the faith and helps to internalize them.

They serve the Church by providing trained personnel, by studying important theological and

social questions for the benefit of the Church, by developing an African theology, by promoting

the work of enculturation, by publishing books and publicizing Catholic truth, by undertaking

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assignments given by the bishops and by contributing to the scientific study of cultures” Pope

John Paul 11, Ecclesia in Africa

The Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference invites all the dioceses of the Conference, organs

of the Church world-wide, friends of the Church and development partners to join us in this

mighty and exciting task of growing and developing the Catholic University of Zimbabwe for the

greater glory of God.

+ Rt. Reverend Bishop Angel Floro

President, Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Harare, Zimbabwe

September, 2013

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The Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference: The Bishops

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1. Auxillary Bishop Patrick Mutume, Mutare Diocese, 2. Bishop Albert Serrano, Hwange Diocese

3. Bishop Alexio Muchabaiwa, Mutare Diocese 4. Bishop Michael Dixon Bhasera, Gweru Diocese

5. Bishop Dieter Scholz, Chinhoyi Diocese6. Archbishop Robert Christopher Ndlovu, Archdiocese of

Harare7. Monsignor Xavier Munyongani, Bishop Elect Gweru Diocese8. Archbishop Alex Thomas,

Archdiocese of Bulawayo 9. Bishop Angel Floro, Gokwe Diocese.

2. Historical Note

A group of lay Catholics in Zimbabwe, who had received their primary and secondary school education

from Catholic schools, particularly those who had attended Kutama Mission located about 6o km

outside Harare, met on a number of occasions in the 1980s to discuss the idea of a Catholic University of

Zimbabwe. After theywere given the blessing for this enterprise by the Zimbabwe catholic Bishops’

Conference (ZCBC), the group formed themselves into the Friends of the Catholic University of

Zimbabwe (FOCUZ) and elected an Executive Committee in January 1991. Members of the Executive

Committee of FOCUZ later became trustees of the project. In its founding documents, FOCUZ argued

that the greatest need was not for a University to accommodate Catholic students, but for a University

to foster Catholic principles, morality, ethical conduct, academic excellence and a spirit of service. The

Catholic University of Zimbabwe, they argued, would equip graduates with the moral integrity and

wisdom that would underpin their decisions, the organizations they would run, the research they would

undertake and the ideas they would pursue. This, FOCUZ argued, would be the Catholic University of

Zimbabwe’s greatest contribution to higher education in Zimbabwe.

On 20 August 1998, the Catholic University of Zimbabwe (CUZ) was established through Statutory

Instrument 268 of 1998, Proclamation 49 of 1998, which granted it the operative Charter.

The first Council or governing body of the University was established in October 1998.

The University opened its doors for the first time on 25 February 1999 with an enrolment of 41 students,

all reading for the four-year Bachelor of Business Management and Information Technology (BBM&IT)

Honors Degree.

In August 2000, 13 more students reading for the Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree were enrolled.

The first graduation ceremony consisting of 36 BBM&IT graduands, 5 BA (General) and 4 BA (Honors)

graduands was held on 5 February 2004.

Six years after the University opened its doors, the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference (the legal

owners of CUZ) set up an Assessment Committee (February 2005) headed by Dr. David Kaulemu to

assess the state of the University and to make recommendations on how the University’s effectiveness

could be enhanced. While commending the University for managing to keep its operations moving in

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Zimbabwe’s harsh socio-economic environment, the Assessment Committee noted with concern that

the University was grossly under-resourced and that this had a knock-on effect on its operations.

As the legal owners of the University, the Zimbabwe Catholics Bishops’ Conference responded by re-

constituting the University’s governing body, the University Council. The new Council immediately went

to work and produced the University’s first Strategic Plan, covering the five-year period 2008 – 2013. In

2013, the University reconstructed the Strategic Plan into this document, the Catholic University of

Zimbabwe Growth and Development Strategy (CUZ-GDS) 2013 – 2022.

With effect from January 2013, the University appointed a new highly qualified and experienced

management team to run the affairs of the University and, in particular, to develop and implement the

University’s Growth and Development Strategy.

3. CUZ’s Opportunities and Strengths

The Catholic University of Zimbabwe is one of 18 degree granting institutions and universities in a

country with a population of 12 million people. Twelve of the universities are State Universities while

six, including the CUZ, are private.With a 91.9% literacy rate, Zimbabwe is ranked second highest in

Africa after Equatorial Guinea with 93.3% (UNDP 2011) and there is an unending demand for university

education. The CUZ, like the other universities in the country, goes through a demanding selection

process for new students as it cannot accept all who apply to enroll in the university.

As the only Catholic University in the country, the CUZ has great potential to be the university-of-choice

for the many graduates from Catholic secondary schools in the country and for many other non –

Catholic high school graduates who wish to obtain university education in aChristian setting. There are

fifty four Catholic secondary schools which go up to “A”(advanced) Level in the country and these

produce about 5 500 potential university students every year. The Catholic Church education brand is

second to none in Zimbabwe, and CUZ carries this great heritage on its shoulders.

The Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference (ZCBC) is the legal owner of CUZ. The CUZ, though

operating independently as a university, values greatly the oversight and support it receives from the

supreme governance body of the Catholic Church in Zimbabwe.

In addition, the laity in the Catholic Church has taken renewed interest in the CUZ following the new CUZ

Management’s drive to take the university to the dioceses, deaneries, parishes and small Christian

communities. In the first six months of 2013, for instance, Catholic University of Zimbabwe Parish

Fundraising Committees (CUZ PFCs) for the university have been set up in parishes throughout the

country following the exhortation by the Bishops to dioceses to support the university’s growth and

development drive. A similar drive is underway outside Zimbabwe, with the Zimbabwe Chaplaincy of

England and Wales already setting up such fundraising structures in the United Kingdom at the time this

strategy is being developed. Similar developments are taking place in South Africa and Canada.

Opportunities abound for the CUZ to cultivate mutually beneficial linkages with sister Catholic

universities in the Southern African Region and other parts of the world, an eventuality that would

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enhance staff and student exchanges and other mutually beneficial relationships. CUZ is already a

member of the International council of universities of St Thomas Aquinas (ICUSTA) as a first step in its

internationalization drive.

The CUZ Harare campus sits on 58.2 hectares of virgin land strewn with many indigenous trees. The

potential for growth and expansion on such acreage is enormous and possibilities beyond the usual

standard developments of lecture rooms and offices include staff and student housing on campus,

sports and recreational facilities, among others.

There are some preliminary buildings already on campus (7 blocks) which have enabled the CUZ to

execute its business in the past 15 years. Water and electricity infrastructure for the campus’ further

development are in place.

Over the past 15 years, the CUZ has produced highly marketable graduates who have found jobs in

many sectors of the Zimbabwean economy and also in other countries. Student and staff culture has

been one of constructive engagement with the authorities to resolve any potential conflicts or

misunderstandings. The CUZ has therefore been grateful to be spared paralyzing acts of student or staff

activism that characterize many tertiary education campuses in Zimbabwe.

As noted earlier, the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference (ZCBC) has put in place a new Council and

a new Management team to oversee the governance and to manage the affairs of the CUZ. The Council

comprises of representatives from all the 8 Dioceses of the country to ensure that the CUZ is taken to

the grassroots within the structures of the Catholic Church and in the communities of Zimbabwe.

Although the CUZ is Catholic in its ethos, it does not discriminate against non-Catholics in its interactions

with the larger community, including student intake and recruitment of teaching staff. The new Council

and Management team have set high and ambitious standards that they strive to achieve for the CUZ.

The starting point is this Growth and Development Strategy with its many provisions which, when fully

implemented, will bring transformation to the CUZ.

4. Threats and Challenges

Although there is relative peace and stability in Zimbabwe at the time of writing this strategy, the

pending national elections in the second half of 2013 pose the challenge of destabilizing the current

situation if they are not conducted peacefully, freely and fairly. There is hope, however, that this threat

might become minimized in the light of national and community healing and reconciliation programs

that were carried out following the last elections in 2008.

While Friends of the Catholic University of Zimbabwe (FOCUZ) did well to spearhead the setting up of

the University and the initial outlay of preliminary buildings to kick-start the teaching program, the

processes of governance and management for the CUZ in the early years were not handled effectively

and as a result, the momentum for the University’s growth and development originally generated was

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not pursued and many promises of support made to FOCUZ were not followed up. The University

therefore failed to achieve meaningful growth in its first 15 years of existence.

While the CUZ now has a small complement of fulltime teaching staff (8), it still relies heavily on part-

time lecturers who, by nature of their appointment, cannot commit fully to the broader life of the

university. In addition to increasing its complement of fulltime teaching staff, the University needs to

assist its current staff to attain doctorate degrees to stay in step with general quality assurance

programs of universities in the country.

The university has a weak funding base, built largely on student fees. Efforts already underway to raise

funds in all dioceses in the country and abroad will assist to address this challenge. With effect from

February 2013, the University embarked on an aggressive drive to increase student numbers which at

the time stood at 280. Over the 7 month period of February – August 2013, the University increased its

student enrolment by 96% to 550 students. The University intends to continue this trend over the 10 –

year period of this Strategy to reach a threshold of 10,000 students by 2022.Five thousand students will

be attending at the Harare campus while the other five thousand students will be attending at the

University’s satellite campuses to be established one in each of the country’s 8 dioceses. Suitable sites at

existing Catholic institutions have been identified in the dioceses and in due course the university’s

teaching programs will commence at these centers.

The University is also expanding its course offerings beyond the courses currently offered in its three

faculties of Commerce, Humanities and Theology to include Social Studies, Science and Technology,

Agriculture and Environmental Sciences and Education. The University’s Faculty of Theology is located at

Holy Trinity College and Chishawasha Regional Seminary, institutions that carry the responsibility of

training priests for the Catholic Church in Zimbabwe and the Southern Africa Region. The University will

devolve some of its programs in a similar manner to existing Catholic institutions in the country in its

quest to develop catholic tertiary education at all levels in the next ten years.

5. Vision Statement CUZ’s vision for the ten-year period 2013 – 2022 is:

To be the University of choice for holistic education in a Christian setting

6. Mission Statement: CUZ’s Mission Statement for the ten-year period 2013 – 2022 is:

The Catholic University of Zimbabwe provides holistic education in a Christian environment in its

teaching, research and service programs to all irrespective of religion, nationality or any other

designation.

7. Values

Staff and students of the Catholic University of Zimbabwe are guided in their work by the following

values:

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Ethical behavior

Collegiality

Commitment

Service

Excellence

8. Key Result Areas (KRAs) of the Catholic University of Zimbabwe Growth and Development

Strategy (CUZ-GDS) 2013 – 2022:

Over the ten-year period, 2013 – 2022, the Catholic University of Zimbabwe (CUZ) will work in the following Key Result Areas (KRAs): 8.1 Mobilization of Resources to enable the University’s Development and Expansion Plans

The objective of this Key Result Area (KRA) is to raise adequate funds for both the University’s recurrent

expenditure and capital development. Strategies will include regular reviews of student fees,

intensification of Diocesan and Parish fundraising activities and approaching development partners,

both in and outside the church for funding of specific capital, research or developmental projects or

activities. The net for student scholarships will be cast wide to enable the students to have access to

university education.

The key development project areas to be addressed in this KRA include:

3 Borehole (s) – city water supply is erratic

Perimeter steel palisade fence – for campus security

Student hostels (1,800 students will be accommodated on the Harare campus and students

needing accommodation at diocesan satellite campuses will be housed as far as possible in

existing accommodation facilities at the institutions and in nearby neighborhoods)

Faculty buildings that include lecture rooms and lecture theaters

Events arena/stadium

Library

ICT laboratory

Great hall

Staff houses

8.2. Recruitment and Retention of Qualified and Adequate Human Resources

The objectives of this Key Result Area (KRA) are to recruit and hire qualified full-time staff to match the

on-going growth in student numbers and to put in place measures for the retention of such staff.

Staffing needs for all departments will be identified and budgets for recruitment, development and

retention of staff developed. The budgets will be taken on board in the university’s fundraising

initiatives and it is hoped that the University will not only be able to recruit full-time teaching and

administrative staff as needed to spearhead the university’s development, but that it will also retain

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them through attractive salaries and conditions of service. The university’s aim is to have all its teaching

staff become holders of doctorate degrees by the end of this planning period.

8.3. Quality Assurance: Development, Documentation and Implementation of University Policies, Systems and Procedures

With the envisaged development and expansion of the University, it is essential that measures that

ensure accountability, efficiency and effectiveness in the University’s operations are fully in place.

Documentation of policies, systems and procedures is a pre-requisite to this. Existing policies, systems

and procedures will be reviewed and new policies in areas where none exist will be developed,

documented and widely publicized to ensure adherence. Quality assurance measures will also be

institutionalized in all the university’s programs and processes.

Quality assurance also entails that in its choice of teaching and research programs, the University will be

guided by the need to be relevant and to respond to the needs of the country and the church.

8.4. Developing External Relationships

The objective of this KRA is that the CUZ creates linkages with both internal (within Zimbabwe) and

external (outside Zimbabwe) sister institutions. The CUZ will seek to enter into partnerships with other

institutions in and outside Zimbabwe, engage in student/ staff exchange programs with such institutions

and establish strong relations with religious orders especially those working in education such as the

Dominicans, the Marists, Jesuits, among others.

8.5. Popularizing and Publicizing the University

The objective of this KRA is to increase the CUZ’s visibility in and outside Zimbabwe, particularly among

the Catholic laity and Zimbabwe’s commerce, industry and other employment sectors. Strategies will

include developing the Public Relations and Marketing function that was recently introduced in the

university and publicizing the CUZ through various fora, including national higher education and tertiary

platforms and structures of the Catholic Church such as the guilds, the Youth Commission, Commission

of the Laity and the ZCBC Communications. National and international platforms will also be utilized.

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9. Catholic University of Zimbabwe Growth and Development Project

Areas CUZ Google Map of Location

CUZ Map of Current Status

CUZ Master plan Google

CUZ Master plan Drawings

Google Map

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Map of current location

Google Master Plan

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Master Plan Drawing

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9.1 Boreholes

Summary

Three boreholes are needed to service the Harare campus, one in the vicinity of the Commerce Faculty

and Administration, one in the vicinity of the Humanities Faculty and Library and the third between

these two areas to provide water for the construction of new buildings and the events arena.

A total budget of twenty-one thousand dollars (USD21,000) is required to sink and equip the 3

boreholes with submersible pumps and a ten thousand water tank reservoir for water storage each.

9.2Perimeter Steel Palisade Fence

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Summary

The perimeter steel palisade fence will be 3.5km long. It features two entrances to the campus, the main

entrance on Cranborne Avenue and the entrance to student hostels and stadium /events arena on

Chummy road.

The Catholic University of Zimbabwe’s strategic location on Airport Road makes it the first institution to

catch the eye of the visitor to Zimbabwe arriving through the Harare international Airport.

The indicative budget for the perimeter steel palisade fence is five hundred thousand dollars (USD

500,000).

9.3 Chapel

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Summary

The Chapel is the one most significant symbol of the University’s Catholic ethos and is therefore an

essential building which, ideally, should have been constructed before the University opened its doors

for the very first time in 1999.

Situated on the campus of the only Catholic University in the country, the Catholic University of

Zimbabwe chapel will host Mass not only for the growing number of students and staff, but also for

associations, guilds and other church groups who will be using the University as a retreat and spiritual

centre. The Chapel will complement the Events Arena/ Amphitheatre.

The chapel will have a seating capacity of 200.

The total budget required for the construction of the Chapel is $267 000 excluding furniture and fittings,

and it is $307 000 including furniture and fittings.

9.4 Student Hostels

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Summary

As the Catholic University of the whole of Zimbabwe, the University should be accessible to students

whose homes are outside Harare where the University’s main campus is located.

The total number of planned student hostels to be constructed is 6 (six). Each hostel will accommodate

300 students, so the total capacity will be 1 800students.

The structure of the hostels has a number of common areas for interaction to encourage community

living among the students.

The budget for constructing each of the six hostels is $6, 487, 101 excluding furniture and fittings, and it

is $6 811 456 including furniture and fittings.

The University invites development and investment partners to partner it in the construction of the

hostels. A development partner or investor may choose to partner the University in the construction of

one or more hostel(s) through an arrangement which is mutually beneficial to both parties.

9.5 Faculty of Commerce

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Summary

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The Economic Structural Adjustment program in Zimbabwe in the early 1990s and subsequent

economic challenges over the years placed specific focus on commerce as a study discipline at

University level as the country seeks to make a positive response to its ever growing economic

challenges.

The Faculty of Commerce is therefore a key driver to the University’s teaching, research and

service programs. The Faculty of Commerce will house disciplines that include Business

Management, Economics, Information Technology (IT), Law, Finance and Banking, Marketing,

Tourism and Leisure among others.

The Faculty of Commerce will have a total student capacity of 800.

The estimated budget for constructing the Faculty of Commerce is $12, 351, 569 excluding

furniture and fittings, and the total is $12, 969, 147 including furniture and fittings.

9.6 Amphitheatre / Events Arena /Stadium

Amphitheatre

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Summary

Amphitheatre

The Amphitheatre is one of the immediate priority projects and has a seating capacity of 2100

people and the estimated cost is $303 000 excluding furniture and fittings, and $350 000

including furniture and fittings.

Events Arena/ Stadium

The proposed Events Arena/Stadium which will be built in the medium term has a seating

capacity of 15 000 people, the Events arena/Stadium will be home to outdoor sports and

recreation activities for students, staff and the surrounding community (on terms to be agreed).

It will become the venue of choice for Guilds and Associations of the wider church when they

conduct Mass, diocesan or national events and retreats.

The Events arena/ Stadium will also feature retreat rooms for Priests and events facilitators and

group work activities.

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The total budget required for the construction of the Events arena/ Stadium is $4,580,126

excluding furniture and fittings, and $4,809,132 including furniture and fittings.

9.7 Great Hall

Summary

With a seating capacity of 2 000 people, the Great Hall will be the University’s venue for all types of

indoor activities, celebrations and mass meetings.

The total budget for the construction of the Great Hall will be $4,692,693 excluding furniture and

fittings, and $4,927,327 including furniture and fittings.

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9.8 Other Faculties (work in progress)

Summary

In addition to the Faculty of Commerce, the University proposes to have the following faculties in the

ten-year period 2013 - 2022:

Humanities and Social Sciences

Science and Technology

Agriculture and Environmental Sciences

Education

It is proposed that like the Faculty of Commerce, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and the

Faculty of Science and Technology will have their headquarters on the Harare Campus.

The other Faculties will have their headquarters in other appropriate locations in the Dioceses, such as

Masvingo Diocese for the Faculty of Education (e.g. Bondolfi Teacher Training College).

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences will house a strong Theology/Religious and Family Studies

program, co-taught at the Harare Campus, Holy Trinity College, Chishawasha Regional Seminary and

other future campuses of the University.

The budgets required to construct buildings for the other Faculties are to be advised – this is work in

progress.

9.9 Library(work in progress)

Summary:

The Library will be a modern era Library equipped with both hard copy reading materials and

equipment / facilities for e learning to enable it service all campuses of the University located in

all Dioceses.

The total budget for constructing and equipping the Library will be available once the drawings

are finalized –this is work in progress.

9.10 ICT Lab (work in progress)

Summary

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As e-learning is fast overtaking conventional and traditional learning and teaching

methodologies and approaches, the University’s ICT Laboratory should be both spacious and

well equipped to enable it cope with increasing demand whilst maintaining quality.

The total budget for constructing and equipping the ICT Lab will be available once the drawings

are finalized –this is work in progress.

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10. Financing the Projects

Until the University grows its student numbers to an economically viable level (which it has

started to do), it cannot hope to succeed in borrowing funds from banking or other open

market lending institutions, unless it receives very low interest long term funding. The

University proposes to use the following broad approaches to finance its development and

expansion program:

1. Grow student numbers and thus broaden student fees’ base

2. Seek scholarships for students

3. Fundraise locally in Zimbabwe

4. Enter into strategic cooperation partnerships with investors

5. Fundraise internationally

10.1 Growing Student Numbers

CUZ will work towards growing its student numbers to ten thousand (10.000) over the ten-year

period 2013 – 2022. In January 2013, the total number of students at CUZ was 280. Following

an intensive student recruitment drive within Harare following the publication of “A” level

results in January 2013, the total student enrolment rose to 550 by August 2013, an increase of

over 96 percent. The 2014 intake will include, for the first time in the history of the University,

students who will enroll at satellite campuses of the University to be established at suitable

Catholic institutions in the other dioceses outside Harare. For the 2014 intake, at least three

such campuses are planned. The plan is to establish such campuses in all the Church’s dioceses

by 2022 to enable the University operate from at least 8 campuses.

CUZ plans to have a total enrolment of five thousand students at the Harare campus with 1 800

of them housed in the planned 6 student hostels on campus.

10.2 Scholarships for Students

The University will approach a number of organizations for sponsorship of different categories

of students through scholarships. A number of scholarships had been promised to the

University at its inception and these will be pursued.

10.3 Raising Funds Locally

The University will fundraise locally within Zimbabwe using a variety of approaches.

Within the local church, stakeholders include the Bishops of the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’

Conference, heads of Catholic religious congregations in Zimbabwe, heads of catholic tertiary

institutions in Zimbabwe, parish priests, diocesan pastoral councils, deans/chairpersons of

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deaneries, parish chairpersons, parish treasurers, treasurers of neighborhoods/sections, guilds,

associations and others. Following sensitization at various levels and the granting of permission

to fundraise within the local church, Catholic University Parish Fundraising Committees (CUZ

PFCs) are being set up in all parishes to implement fundraising activities at parish level.

Guidelines to facilitate smooth and accountable implementation of fundraising activities have

been developed and are being distributed to all parishes. There are one and half million

Catholics in Zimbabwe and each of them is being requested to contribute one dollar per month

to the University for its growth and development. Where CUZ PFCs have been formed already,

such funds are being deposited into the University’s Fundraising account and the University will

keep the parishes briefed on the progress being made.

All Catholic schools in Zimbabwe will be requested to contribute one percent of fees collected

every term to the Catholic University’s growth and development drive. The Education

Commission working through the Diocesan education secretaries will be requested to facilitate

this initiative.

Bringing the Catholic University in Zimbabwe to every Catholic home and school in this manner

will help not only with the fundraising drive, but also with publicizing and marketing the

University, which, in turn, will facilitate student recruitment and enrolment.

In addition, some individuals will be invited to join a support group called Friends of the

Catholic University in Zimbabwe Re-animated (FOCUZ- R) [to differentiate it from the earlier

FOCUZ group that planned the introduction of the University]. FOCUZ-R members will be a

special reference group for the University. They will be invited to make specific financial

contribution commitments to the University and, on its part, the University will establish special

ways to recognize the group, such as inviting them to University functions and giving them

special recognition at such functions, and using them as a think-tank for some university

activities and developments.

The University will also approach the corporate sector in its fundraising initiatives, particularly

with a view to establishing strategic partnerships.

10.4 Establishing Strategic Cooperation Partnerships with Local Investors

The University will seek to establish strategic partnerships or working relationships with

investors, particularly in the construction of infrastructure such as student hostels through

which an investor can re-coup his/her invested capital when the hostels become operative.

Memoranda of Agreement spelling out the terms and conditions of the cooperation will be

drawn up and agreed between the investor and the University.

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10.5 Fundraising Internationally

The University will seek to follow up on some leads for international fundraising from the time

it was established. A number of such leads had pledges of funding provision in 3 or so tranches

and only one disbursement was made. Approaches for international funding will be made to

the Apostolic Papal Nuncio in Zimbabwe, to relevant departments in the Vatican, to

Conferences of Catholic Bishops in a number of countries, particularly those who responded

positively to the University’s fundraising efforts at the beginning of the University such as the

Conference of Italian Catholic Bishops and the Conference of Catholic Bishops of the United

States of America, to parishes, especially in countries with parishes that were sympathetic to

CUZ’s efforts to fundraise at the University’s inception(such as some in Germany) and to

international Catholic and other funding agencies.

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The Catholic University of Zimbabwe in Pictures

Members of the University Council, August, 2013

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Outgoing Rector, Mr. S. J. Nondo, receiving the Papal Medal for his service to the university.

April 2013

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Investiture of the new Rector, Professor Ranga Zinyemba, by the Chancellor, Archbishop, Robert

Christopher Ndlovu, April 2013

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Bishops of the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference pray for a blessing on the new Rector/Vice

Chancellor while the Registrar, Bro. Albert Mada, assists the Chancellor

Chancellor gives the new Rector the University Charter and other “tools of the trade”

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The Chancellor blesses graduands’ gowns just before commencement of the graduation ceremony, April

2013

Chancellor blesses gowns.

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Rector/Vice Chancellor congratulates Thelma Gombedza, who graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in

Business Management and Information Technology, April 2013

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Rector/Vice Chancellor congratulates Onward Murape, who graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in

Theology ready to serve in the Lord’s vineyard as a Priest.

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Chancellor, Management and teaching staff, April 2013.

Part of the congregation for the graduation ceremony, April 2013.

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All smiles is Hazel Zemura who graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Arts, Honors, receiving the

University Book prize for best student of her class.

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Projects Action Plan Timeline

Key Result Area Desired Result Action to be Undertaken Driver of

Action

Timeline

1. Growing Student Numbers

CUZ has 10,000

students by

2022,

increasing by at

least 100%

each year

Carry out publicity drive at parish, diocesan and national level; Open at least 2 new campuses of CUZ in other dioceses each year

Senior Management Team (SMT)

2013 – 2022

2. Growing staff numbers

CUZ has

requisite

numbers of

well-oriented

teaching and

support staff in

tandem with

growing

student

numbers

Recruit and orientate

requisite numbers of

staff to match growing

numbers of students

each semester for a

healthy staff-student

ratio

SMT 2013 -2022

3. Boreholes CUZ has

secured the

required USD

24,000 and

sunk and

equipped 3

boreholes on

the Harare

campus

Set up a CUZ fundraising committee in each parish and request each catholic faithful in Zimbabwe and countries where many Zimbabweans live and work to donate one dollar per month to the university to raise needed funds; Carry out fundraising activities such as dinner dances, appeals to corporates and int. dev. partners

SMT, Members

of Council,

National

Fundraising

Committee

Three

boreholes and

water

reservoir

tanks in place

by December

2014;

Fundraising

activities on-

going for the

ten-year plan

period

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Key Result Area Desired Result Action to be

Undertaken

Driver of Action Timeline

4. Steel palisade perimeter fence around campus

USD 500,000

required for erecting

fence is secured and

campus is secure in

preparation for

construction projects

to follow

Carry out

fundraising

activities as

specified in point 3

above

SMT, Members of

Council, National

Fundraising

Committee

Fence

complete by

December

2014

5. Chapel USD 307, 000

required for the

construction and

fitting of the chapel,

the chapel will sit 200

Carry out

fundraising

activities as

specified in point 3

above, including the

international church

SMT, Members of

Council, National

Fundraising

Committee, Bishops

of the Zimbabwe

Catholic Bishops’

Conference

Chapel

complete by

December

2015

6. Student Hostels

USD 6, 811, 456

required for the

construction and

fitting of each of 6

student hostels is

secured and hostels

are built and fitted

Carry out

fundraising

activities as

specified in point 3

above, including the

international church

and including

entering into

strategic

partnerships with

investors

SMT, Members of

Council, National

Fundraising

Committee, Bishops

of the Zimbabwe

Catholic Bishops’

Conference

First 3

hostels

complete by

December

2018 and the

other 3 by

December

2022

7. Faculty of Commerce

USD 12, 969, 147

required for the

construction and

fitting of the

Faculty of

Commerce is

secured and Faculty

is built and fitted

Carry out

fundraising

activities as

specified in point 3

above, including the

international church

and including

entering into

strategic

partnerships with

investors

SMT, Members of

Council, National

Fundraising

Committee, Bishops

of the Zimbabwe

Catholic Bishops’

Conference

Faculty of

Commerce

complete by

December

2020

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Key Result Area Desired Result Action to be

Undertaken

Driver of

Action

Timeline

8. Amphitheatre USD 350 000 Mobilise funds

through

fundraising/

sponsorship to

build the

Amphitheatre

SMT,

Members of

Council,

National

Fundraising

Committee,

Bishops of

the

Zimbabwe

Catholic

Bishops’

Conference

Amphitheatre

to be

completed by

December

2015

9. Stadium/Events Arena

USD 4,809,132

required for the

construction and

fitting of the

stadium/events

arena is secured

and

stadium/events

arena is built and

fitted

Carry out

fundraising

activities as

specified in

point 3 above,

including the

international

church and

including

entering into

strategic

partnerships

with investors

SMT,

Members of

Council,

National

Fundraising

Committee,

Bishops of

the

Zimbabwe

Catholic

Bishops’

Conference

Events arena

complete by

December

2017

10. Great Hall USD 4,927,327

required for the

construction and

fitting of the Great

Hall is secured and

Great Hall is built

and fitted

Carry out

fundraising

activities as

specified in

point 3 above,

including the

international

church and

including

entering into

strategic

partnerships

SMT,

Members of

Council,

National

Fundraising

Committee,

Bishops of

the

Zimbabwe

Catholic

Bishops’

Great Hall

complete by

December

2022

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with investors

Conference

11. Library, ICT Laboratory,

Staff Houses, Faculties of

Humanities and Social

Sciences, Agriculture and

Environmental Sciences,

Science and Technology,

Education

10.1 Architectural

drawings, artistic

impressions and

budgets are

complete

10.1 Have

architects and

engineers

complete

drawings and

bills of

quantities

10.2

Incorporate

completed

drawings and

budgets into

this Plan and

complete Plan

10.1 SMT

10.2 SMT

10.1 By April

2014

10.2 By April

2014